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Cedarrapidsmovie

I merely jest, and make a rel­at­ively obscure clas­sic rock ref­er­ence. I actu­ally found Cedar Rapids, a sali­ent fea­ture of which is the per­form­ance of the above-picture, trash-can-lid-sporting John C. Reilly,to be a reas­on­ably divert­ing time-passer if no actu­al great shakes. A fur­ther exam­in­a­tion, that is, my review of the pic­ture for MSN Movies, is here. 

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  • Jeff says:
    February 9, 2011 at 3:08 am

    I hope you laughed out loud (but not too loud) a lot. Otherwise, you could receive the dreaded Irritated Glare from Jeff Wells.
    http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/02/blame_the_audie.php

  • Lex says:
    February 9, 2011 at 6:50 am

    I like pussy.
    But I’ve only had sex like six times in 40 years.
    SCHILLLLLL SCHYEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • Oliver_C says:
    February 9, 2011 at 7:25 am

    Sex and mas­turb­a­tion are like blu-ray and DVD: sure noth­ing beats good 1080p(enetration), but I’d still rather pleas­ure myself with a top-notch Criterion DVD than some sloppily-mastered, public-domain BD.

  • Nick says:
    February 9, 2011 at 9:40 am

    I like the pic­ture too, and I agree it’s quite slight. I do think it’s worth point­ing out Arteta’s skill at cre­at­ing actu­al char­ac­ters for what are oth­er­wise deliv­ery sys­tems for situ­ation­al com­edy set pieces. I think his strongest work is actu­ally last year’s “Youth In Revolt,” but this one shares that will­ing­ness to divert from laughs to give you some ink­ling of who these shrewdly drawn people are. I also really like Reilly’s per­form­ance, which while kind of par for the course with him these days, is based enough in real­ity to lend it an air of sad­ness along with the many, many jokes his char­ac­ter spurts out. Isiah Whitlock Jr. though, very awesome.

  • That Fuzzy Bastard says:
    February 10, 2011 at 8:38 am

    “Nostalgic for The Breakfast Club”? I’m shocked! This sounds like it might be endur­able, as I do love every­one in that cast (and am always glad to see dudes from The Wire get­ting work). But the very thought of Chuck & Buck still makes my skin crawl (though I think that’s exactly its inten­tion), so.…. maybe.